Photography by Randi Gording and Knut Schjerverud

Texas

You have heard the slogan "Everything is bigger in Texas” – Texas is the second-largest state (after Alaska), is actually bigger than France. Before Texas was a state, it was a Nation, thus the nickname The Lone Star State, originated from the star on the 1836 flag of the Republic of Texas.
And our home for five wonderful years!

He could have been the old man and the sea. He was sitting on this step to the beach at Galveston, overlooking the rebuilding of this house, which was destroyed by the hurricane Ike. We are back at the same spot, eight month later, and there he is, with his beer. Looking and more than willing to have a chat, about the hurricane, the history, the life after.
After our little chat we ask if we can take a photo of him, and he smiles and says; I dont mind, I dont mind. So here he is – the man from the Galveston beach.